Fence-wire with spur attachment



(No Model.)

0. F. HYDE.

FENCE WIRE WITH SPUR ATTAGHMENT.

No. 277,288. Patented May 8,1883.

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CHARLES F. HYDE, OF OTTAWA, KANSAS.

FENCE-WIRE WITH SPUR ATTACHMENT. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,288, dated May 8, 1883.

Application filed August 19,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. HYDE, of Ottawa, Franklin county, Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Wire with Spur Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to improve the means for holding a spurred wheel between the two wires of a twisted wire-rail,as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a plan of a piece of fence-wire with spur attached, and constructed to form a guard for carrying the-spur within it. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same.

A indicates the fence-wire, which is formed of two strands twisted one upon the other and .opened or separated at numerous points in swelled toward each outer end to keep the juring it.

I am aware that it is not new to use a rotary spur-wheel on a staple and between two wires; but

What I claim as new is- The pivot c, enlarging from the middle toward each end, in combination with the two twisted wires of a. wire rail, whereby the pivot therein, as described.

CHARLES F. HYDE.

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stock within the fence from passing out or in-' is held by the tension of the wires, so that a rotary spurred wheel may conveniently rotate 

